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Bushfires can happen at any time across Australia, and as northern parts of the country enter their peak fire danger season, new research involving Adelaide University experts suggests hospitals may need to rethink how their ventilation systems work to protect the health of patients and conserve energy. A RACE for 2030 founded project at Echuca Regional Health provided real-world evidence from the ...

Adelaide University research into the complexity of plant exo-hydrolytic enzyme could have multiple benefits for medical, pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology industries. For more than a decade, Professor Maria Hrmova, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, and a team of around 30 experts have been exploring the fundamental catalytic properties of plant exo-hydrolytic enzymes.

Adelaide University extends warm congratulations to the members of its community who have received recognition in the 2026 King’s Birthday Honours list. Current and former staff, alumni and friends of the University community have been included in this year’s list.

Now, researchers at Adelaide University and the University of Stirling (UK) have found a simple way to improve face-matching accuracy that doesn’t require training, artificial intelligence or specialist expertise – asking the same person to take another look. While the solution may sound simple, revisiting the same decision improved face-matching accuracy by around 8% – a result comparable to gains...

As concerns grow over global fuel supplies and the cost of flying, new research from Adelaide University shows the relationship between jet fuel prices and airfares is not as simple as passengers might think. The study found that different types of jet fuel price shocks have very different effects on Australian domestic airfares, with some shocks leading to higher ticket prices, some having little ...